See also

Family of William Valentine Oakley and Ellen Elizabeth Hodgson

  • Husband:

  • William Valentine Oakley (1827-1882)

  • Wife:

  • Ellen Elizabeth Hodgson (1842?-1892)

  • Marriage:

  • 21 Apr 1878

  • St. Saviour, Pimlico, St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England1 2

  •  

  • William a grocer aged 50 of Farnham, Ellen aged 37 of 61 Denbigh Street, both widowed, by banns, groom's father Thomas Oakley farmer, bride's father John Hodgson conveyencer, witnesses Henry Parkhurst and Ann Willis Lofts

Husband: William Valentine Oakley

  • Name:

  • William Valentine Oakley3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Thomas Oakley (1799?- )

  • Mother:

  • Anne Butterfield (1803?-bef1851)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • grocer becoming manager of a Co-operative Store1 5 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 13 Sep 1827

  • Preston, Hertfordshire, England3 4 5 6 7 8

  •  

  • Hitchin in 1851, 1871 and 1881 census

  • Baptism:

  • 14 Feb 1828 (age 0)

  • Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England3 4

  •  

  • son of Thomas Oakley (yeoman) and Ann

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 13)

  • St. Peters Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England9

  •  

  • aged 13, pupil at a boarding school with brother Charles. Born in Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 23)

  • Corner House, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England5

  •  

  • nephew of head of ? aged 23 unmarried, assistant grocer living with five others. Born in Hitchen Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 33)

  • 4 Holloway Place, Islington, Middlesex, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 33 married, grocer living with his wife, a daughter and three servants. Born in Preston Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 43)

  • 19 High Row, St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster, Middlesex, England7

  •  

  • head of the household aged 43 widower, manager of Co-operative store living with Caroline Hopkins and her two sons as servants. Born in Hitchin Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 53)

  • 1 St. Thomas Road, Islington, Middlesex, England8

  •  

  • head of the household aged 53 married, grocer living with a son, two boarders and a servant. Born in Hitchin Hertfordshire

  • Death:

  • Q3 1882 (age 54)

  • Islington "Registration District", Middlesex, England10

Wife: Ellen Elizabeth Hodgson

  • Name:

  • Ellen Elizabeth Hodgson1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1842 (app)

  • Camden Town, Middlesex, England1 11 12 13

  •  

  • 1881 census says born in Brompton

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 28)

  • 142 Barnsbury Road, Barnsbury, Middlesex, England11

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband John, niece and future step-daughter Annie Oakley, nephew and future step-son Herbert Oakley, and a servant. Born in Camden Town Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 38-39)

  • 288 King's Road, Chelsea, Middlesex, England12

  •  

  • visitor aged 30 married, grocer's wife living with Elizabeth Ann Hatchett (may have been husbands sister) and family and a servant. Born in Brompton Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 49)

  • Edmund House, Fairfax Road, Tottenham, Middlesex, England13

  •  

  • widowed step-mother living on her means with step-son Herbert Oakley, his wife Louise, and two boarders. Born in Camden Town Middlesex

  • Death:

  • Q1 1892 (age 49)

  • Edmonton "Registration District", Middlesex, England14

  • Burial:

  • 16 Mar 1892

  • Islington Cemetery, Islington, Middlesex, England15

  •  

  • aged 49 of 19 Middleton Road Hornsey

Note on Wife: Ellen Elizabeth Hodgson

Ellen previously married to John Edwin Davey (c1840-1878) in Pancras registration district in the second quarter of 1866. He was a brother of Fanny Davey who was William's first wife16 17

Sources

1.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Westminster St. Saviour Pimlico page:35 entry:70.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). St. George Hanover Square 1878 quarter:2 volume:1a page:726.

3.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C04811-1 sys:England-ODM film:569738, 569739.

4.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Hertfordshire Baptisms Hitchin page:207.

5.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1545 folio:146 page:1.

6.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:134 folio:107 page:2.

7.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:130 folio:7 page:5.

8.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:258 folio:65 page:1.

9.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:447 book:8 folio:23 page:40.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1882 quarter:3 volume:1b page:205.

11.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:254 folio:60 page:27 schedule:158. Cit. Date: 27 April 2025.

12.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:81 folio:55 page:5.

13.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1076 folio:83a page:54a schedule:527. Cit. Date: 27 April 2025.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Edmonton 1892 quarter:1 volume:3a page:246.

15.

Deceased Online, (on-line at www.deceasedon-line.com). Finchley 1892 entry:47077.

16.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Pancras 1866 quarter:2 volume:1b page:57. Cit. Date: 27 April 2025.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewes 1878 quarter:1 volume:2b page:115. Cit. Date: 27 April 2025.